Biology GCSE
Carrier molecules
What Carrier molecules means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Carrier molecules
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Molecules that bring specific amino acids to add to the growing protein chain in the correct order, each being specific to one type of amino acid.
Topics that use Carrier molecules
- DNA structure (biology only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Amino acid sequence
- Base sequence
- codon
- Complementary base pairing
- degenerate
- double helix
- Enzyme action
- Enzyme structure and function
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